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Following 10 years in the desert, it was time to head back to Blighty. Join me for titbits on health, happiness & as the name goes anything MiscElainey x

With another stint in the Middle East under my belt, it was time to head back to the UK, April 2017. Leaving behind friends, a wonderful womens health & fitness business & daily partnership with a best friend and of course the ever supportive hubster (couldnt drag him from the sun, well I suppose his successsful business had something to do with it), all the pieces of the family puzzle seemed to come together and point to it being time to head home or near enough (at least the same country albeit the opposite end, am originally Scottish) and see what happens next. With qualifications now not only in Group and Personal Fitness (past 15 years) but also Nutrition, Health Coaching & Mindfulness Training, the future will hopefully be bright and shining. I will be running various womens workshops in the very near future in Dorset, Scotland & online as well as being available for 1-2-1's for any Health Coaching related matters be it, food, general health, fat loss, exercise, the 'busy mum', stress, sleep (or lack of) & one of the favs -
the Basics of Raw Chocolate Making etc etc. Please do get in touch if you think I can be of help to you or otherwise, sit back and join me for anything MiscElainey that comes along. Health & Happiness Always
Elaine
x

05/10/2025

Sometimes things just don’t go the way you want them to and it’s gutting!

4 weeks ago I posted about doing a 10km run in memory of a colleague that died by su***de. The run was a big thing for me as running is not something I’ve ever enjoyed or aspired to do better apart from legging it out of the rain.

Anywho I started to enjoy it, started to see why people did it, why they said it cleared their heads, and I started to miss it when I couldn’t go.

As always I thought I was invincible (really need to learn) and my couch to 5km training went really well but I added more km’s too quickly - 🙄

Jump to 4 weeks ago and I strained a muscle in my calf. I followed the advice of the fabulous physio and all was getting better- he did tell me I really needed longer but I don’t think the thousands of people doing the run would have wanted to move the date just for me - until I pushed too far again last weekend, I didn’t think so at the time but I did!

Upshot is, it went again, totally my own fault for thinking all was fine, I’m not running and feeling so disappointed in myself as I should be in Glasgow right now with my colleagues - also picked up a snotty cold - go figure

Life is a bit sh*tty at times and sometimes it’s of our own making and we have to own it. You’d think at 52 with the knowledge I have plus the experiences I’ve had, I would be more sensible but I guess we are given little reminders along the way to listen and realise that we’re not infallible and that’s ok.

Im really sad about today and sad I let it happen but I’ll learn again for next time (and hopefully calm the monkey mind) and once it’s all healed and built up again, I WILL run the route in Glasgow with my SAMH ‘for Robin’ t shirt on, think of him, think of the impact of mental health in our nation and think on my silly mistakes and accept that I may be older but still have to give in to learning.

Go SAMH today!!

21/09/2025

This weekends magical mystery tour! A wee Badger the Van 🦡 🚐 trip to the beautiful Glencoe with the girl to pop up the Glencoe Chairlift (man that was scary coming down) and to meet the Cooks for a van night at my favourite campsite . Followed today with a fabulous day with yoga’ing in a variety of ways celebrating late summer including cocooning and being upside down, relaxing, a little bit of karate kidding, very very cold water dipping and just a lovely lovely relaxing day. Even got a full rainbow 🌈 on the way home.

20/09/2025

Back out reintroducing the trotting in the hope of completing the 10km 2 weeks tomorrow without the need for medical assistance 😉.

Been taking it slow with intermittent trots and walks this week and managed some 1km’s interspersed with walking this morning.

If you’ve ever read or listened to The Chimp Paradox (if not you should) - this was the convo in my head this morning

Human - “right let’s take it slow, be sensible and see how the calves are feeling”

Chimp - “ let’s run 10km now!!!”

Computer - “I have no understanding of the current parameters”

After 1km
Human -“that’s feels pretty good but best take a walk and not overdo it”

Chimp -“oh come on, it’s fine!!!!!”

Computer- “I agree with the human, the calf is holding but we don’t want to push too much”

Chimp - “you two are rubbish!!!”

Repeated the above twice
Human-“the calf is starting to kick in a wee but now, maybe we’ll need to head home soon”

Chimp- “it’s totally fine, just a little ni**le, don’t be wimps, let’s keep going forever!!!”

Computer - “Human is right, I can feel the changes, our chances of much more today are slim”

Chimp - “let’s just give up then, we’re too old, broken, there isn’t enough time to heal- THERES NO POINT!!”

Human - “how about we walk a good bit, Chimp, you listen to your pop rock, look at all the fabulous things around you and I promise we will try for one more 1km for the final bit home along the beach “

Chimp - “FINE” virtual dragging of feet and minor internal stropping

Final 1km and home
Human - “well done everyone, we were sensible, kept mostly to todays limit and feel good”

Chimp-“I am amazing!!!”

Computer -“by my calculations we did well and have improved as the week has gone on. Still tight on time for the proper run but we can keep going if careful”

😂 the joy that is my 🙈 🐵 🙉 brain!!!

19/09/2025

A few pics of a lovely fam weekend last week.
- an early morning bike and book sesh on the rocks
- a wee paddle with the weans- Cam only wrapped up a tad and Becs first time on her feet
- open door at No.0 Mother Lodge
- wee roasting Inverary to see the castle
- just a bit further to Lochgilphead to see my favourite artists new work.

07/09/2025

4 weeks today, I’m running the Glasgow 10km with some of my previous team at . We are running in memory of Robin, a colleague who sadly died by su***de earlier this year. He was an absolute sweetheart of a man, would have a natter with everyone in & out of work, and is missed every day.

When I was first asked by my old senior manager if I wanted to do the 10km with a group of Robins old colleagues, I uttered my usual words of ‘oh i don’t run but I’ll come support’. She said the majority of the group were beginners and we would be supporting each other. I initially said ok but then spent the next 4-6weeks whingeing to anyone that would listen and telling myself I couldn’t do it- even as a fitness instructor, it was rare that I ran for more than 5 mins. I was ‘too old, too heavy, not fit enough, it’d be cold’- many excuses. Apologies to those I moaned to!

One moaning season I realised I was whining to someone who runs 15km most days and another who was running a marathon 2 days later - wrong crowd!

Anywho I decided to shut up & just try. I downloaded the Couch to 5km in May (yes I know I needed 10, bear with caller).

Again I fannied about still unsure whether I could do it or not but started to be more regular with my runs with old school rock choons in my ears. I knew the thighs should be ok with training but I honestly didn’t know if the lungs would as they hadn’t been tested to the max since the pneumonia induced sleep hospital holiday 8 yrs ago, a long time ago but it still concerned me a bit.

Gradually the time & distance built up & I actually started to understand why people ran + i started to believe I could do it. Slight issue-I got carried away adding extra km’s before I was ready.

A wee ankle ni**le emerged that I would ‘deal with soon’. On the day I finished my Couch to 5km runs, I did my first 10km - cue Mum saying ‘you’ll push it too far young lady’, cue strained calf.

2 physio appts with the fabulous , no running for 2 weeks, plus ‘doing as I’m told’, I should be ok to run it 🤞🏻

Please check out the group Just Giving page and keep the mental health conversation going xx🏃🏼‍♀️https://lnkd.in/eh6xZs6r

06/09/2025

A few bits of self care the last couple of weeks as I’ve had a wee calf injury. Haven’t pics of all but loving trying new things (not in same order as pics):

1- New line dancing class with
2- Beach yoga 🧘 with
3- Physio led Pilates with Amy
4- Seasonal yoga with .seasonal
5- Sound Bath on water with .delights8
And today it was an amazing
6- Immersive Yoga with - that one was totally new and so fabulous , I think I need to move into that room!

All brilliant instructors and amazing classes.

Tomorrow I may have to put my big girl swim pants on and go with the girl to an outside 🏊‍♀️ pool - eeekkk 😥 this is Scotland so the pants 🩲 will have to be huge !!!!

22/08/2025

Last weekends activities beach yoga 🧘🏼‍♀️ 🧘🏼‍♀️ and a wee paddle 🏄‍♀️ 🏄‍♀️ 🏄‍♀️ (well a bit of lying around appeared to be happening too) and a lovely catch up with the fam ###x

18/08/2025

Isn’t life funny- this morning I’ve completed my first Couch to 5km and have been pushing a wee bit more for the past few weeks.
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On the day that I manage my first ever. trained for, 10km (more info to come as to the why), Facey reminds me that this time 8 years ago I had recently returned from my couple of weeks coma holiday in Poole hospital.
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Funny old world but thank you 🙏 facey for reminding me where I’ve been and what we can do, at any age, when we put our minds and bodies to it 🏃🏼‍♀️

14/08/2025

When your gorgeous friend .happy comes to visit bearing gifts and appears to know exactly what to bring you and the woof! 😂 🤠 👢 🧘🏼‍♀️

Totally ❤️ it

thankyou🙏thankyou🙏thankyou🙏

23/07/2025

Final pics of the glorious Orkney. Back home and back to work.
- incredible sandy beach that I had spotted form the plane and was so happy to find. even I went in the water - normally scottish waters are WAY to cold for me after years in the Middle East
- puffin sighting - gorgeous wee creatures
- the incredible local lady Cara with her swimming medals who supports our organisation
- a SAMH wrapped bus that sadly I wasn’t allowed to drive - good decision there I reckon
- stunning and fascinating Italian Chapel built by Italian prisoners of war on the 1940’s
- Old man of Hoy
- and the final boat home

Had a fabulous time with my colleagues and all the amazing people and wildlife we met- even including the sheep and turkeys on the road as we drove away from our cottage - totally random 😂

16/07/2025

From one end of the Uk to the total opposite.

Am not going to lie, it’s been absolutely amazing visiting Orkney for the first time working with my gorgeous team supporting with chats, information and lots of colouring with cute youngsters at the International Island Games 2025.

A totally fabulous and friendly island and we couldn’t have gotten better weather if we tried, so so lucky.

2 more days to go

Now the usual Elaine ridiculousness-
1- trying to do week 6 of Couch to 5k and ended up running along the edge of a field in the mist and losing my footing countless times, climbing various fences to find my way back, getting totally soaked from the knee down, and finally being chased by a herd of cows that clearly thought I was breakfast
&
2 - at the incredible 5000year old Skara Brae looking around the village and in one swift movement , dropping my entry ticket into house number 1 - bearing in mind, you can’t actually enter the houses, just see from above. A lot of grovelling and apologies to the lovely lady on the gate who assured me I wasn’t the first numpty to do that (my word not hers)

And yes , ‘only me!!!’

14/06/2025

I quite often get teased by the girl for being a bit matchy matchy with my clothes but when today’s favourite workout song on my ‘chosen at random’ Spotify rock workout mix is ‘Highway to the Danger zone’ and it matches my top, well that’s maybe just taking things a wee bit too far 😂 .

If you know, you know 😉
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